The Music Circus had a mailing list of tens of thousands. Each winter, Elsie Scheetz, Administrative Assistant, would engage a group of local people to address, stuff, sort, and mail out the schedule for the new season. It helped that her husband was the Assistant Postmaster in Lambertville.
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"Hello Dolly!"
June 1 thru July 14, 1968 (6 Weeks)
Starring
Dorothy Lamour (Dolly Gallagher Levi)
Eric Brotherson )Horace Vandergelder)
Eric Brotherson in "Hello Dolly!"
"Hello Dolly!," starring Dorothy Lamour, toured the US from November 14, 1967 to July 14, 1968, indicating this was the last performance of the tour.
Playbill for 1968 "Hello Dolly!"
Read a synopsis of "Hello Dolly!"
"Follies Burlesque '68"
July 16 thru July 21, 1968
Starring
Denise Darcel
Mickey Hargitay
"Hetzer's European Circus"
July 23 thru July 28, 1968
European Circus at the
South Shore Music Circus
"The Pajama Game"
August 13 thru August 18, 1968
Starring
Julia Meade (Babe Williams)
This was a package production that toured the summer theaters in 1968.
Read a synopsis of "The Pajama Game"
"The Merry Widow"
August 20 thru August 25, 1968
Starring
Patrice Munsel
This was a package production that toured the summer theaters in the 1960s.
Read a synopsis of "The Merry Widow"
1968 Resident Company - Production Staff
Associate Producer
Staff for St. John Terrell
- Associate Producer, Gerald S. Krone
- General Manager, Jerry Arrow
- Treasurer, Richard A. Hesel
- General Press Representative, Max Eisen
- Press Representative, David L. Hesel
- Plant Superintendent, William Short
- Assistant Plant Superintendent, Jonas Kilmer
- House Manager, Tony Canal
- Office Manager, Elsie Scheetz
- Administrative Assistants, Penny Peck, Michael Ysebaert
- Director of Music Circus Youth Theatre
- Electrician, Robert Widdows
- Security and Traffic Control Supervisor, Paul G. Ryerson
- Theater Party Coordinator, Susie Kraft
There were no Resident Company Singers or Dancers for the 1968 Season since all but one show were touring package productions.
Please note that during the season, some Resident Company members may have left and new ones hired. Not all the members listed above were employed for the entire season.